Michael Tucker is hitting 30 points over his usual average as well. Out batting coaches need huge bonuses.
The Nat’s scouts and player development coaches deserve a huge amount of credit. I recall Michael A. Taylor in Single A ball three years ago. At the plate he looked like a six foot fourteen year-old swimming around in his uniform. What on earth is he doing on a professional team I wondered? In the outfield he was totally lost. When a fly ball came in his direction, he would run this way and that just like a frightened deer, until the ball fell to the ground twenty feet from where he wound up. Only a few years later, he is one of the team’s best fielders and a formidable hitter.
Ditto that. The hitting discipline has been impressive. The Nats aren't chasing bad pitches. The contrast with the last couple of years is marked.